Device for holding safety-razor blades.



` Biggi L. W.'STETSON. DEVICE FOR HOLDING SAFETY RAZOR BLADES.

`APPLICATION FILED OGT.10, 1911.

Paten-ted June 4, 1912.

.To all tch-omit may concern:

om 'faith i rg LEON W. sirnfrsoN, on WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS.

,DEVICE Fon: HoLnING SAFETY-RAZOR BLADES.

y apeiaqatin 'of' L'etter'ratent.

Patented J une .1912.

'appncangal md V'ocaaer 10, 191;', serial Nofesor lie it known that I, 'linen lV. S'riri'aox. a" c itif/ien otl the linit'ed States. residing at ll'hitinan. lcounty of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented a lcertain new and useful -Improvement in 4Devices for Holding' Safety-Razor Blades, of which the following is a specificatitm, reference being hadiherein to ythe accompanying drawingsl The invention relates toa device for holding and protecting safety razor blades when not in use,

As, is well known, safety razoi'blades' -bevcome dnlled att er a short time out use so that it is necessary to frequently substitute a new blade or a freshly sharpened old blade `and to this end it is necessary to have at hand a number of sharp blades ready for ase.

in order to protect the edgg'eev ot' the sharp' blades from coming infcontact with objects which would dull vthem before theyal'e at tached to the razor handle each blade is uaually inclosed in a Separate wrapper 'and the packages ot 'blades thus separate-lv wrapped are packed'in a box.'

rl`he object 'ot the present inventionial to provide a holding' device whereby a number E ot' blades may be. heid i'n a :stack without individual wrapping and so protected that the edgesof the bladel will not come in contact with eachother or any abriiding' surface and so retained that -a single blade can be readily obtained when desired.

Another object, ot the invention is to provide means. for double Stack-ing' the bladeal so that the saine holding' device may be employed forA stacking. and holding` theisharp bladesl a." d for the dnlled blades which have already rieen used until it is. desired to remove them in a bunch to be newly Asharpened; Q

The deviceis adapted tor a 'holder t'or Safety razor vblades in common use. vMany otl the razor blades in common neey are formed with a row of three pertorations lfor attachi ing them to a handle ofthe safety razor and the drawings illustrate the holdin; device aS constructed so as to'talce advantage o't ythie form of contruction .of the 1olade although the invention is adapted 'for use with blades 'of other construction.-

T he invention will be fully understood from the following description taken in connect'ionwith the accompanying drawing' and the novel features will be pointed out on linejG-Gof Fig.' 1

and clearly defined in the claims at the. close of this specification.

'l ln'thedrawings. Figure l is`a perspective view of a device embodying' the invention showing the cover open and t'wo stacks-ot blades.` Fig. 2 ia' a horizontal section through the two tacita Shown in F l. Fie'. 3 1s a vertical section on line Bf ot' Fig'. Fig'. el. is a vertical yQection on line 4 5: ot F10'. Fig. 1era sectional view of the base and vtro-nt `wall ot' the cover. partly broken away, toshow the. dust Stripv and catch. Fig. 6 is a. aeetional view ot' the coverand dust Strip,.partly brokenA away,

Fig'. T is a front'.

elevation. partly broken a wdav, ot -the baee and dust strip and onev ot' vthe platforms. r. Reterringnow to the. drawinfleefl rep-f' recents the base ofthe holding' device which may he a plate ot metal or any other Sinti 4able uniterial. lRising' trom this base a re 'two rows of pins. three pini'l. el. in eacli row,

the pinsy in each rowjbeing' `apar-ed apart trom each other equal. to the distance between'the three perioratiom` Y of each-atety razor blade t3 so. that the razorblades may be placed ,in a stack with the pins 2. 3. el. passingthnmg'h the pertorations. One row ot' pins may be used for stacking' Sharp bladeI and the other row ot' pins may be used itor stacking' the dulled blade@l The middle pin I- ot each row is preterably made higher than the other two pin and ii-= also preferably termed \\ith'llattem-d sideaI asehow'n in Fig'. i). 'follower or proeza plate 'T is provided 'for each atari( ot' blades. each press plate being toi-med with a row ot pertorationaS correspondine in relative location tot'he row ot, pins so that thepreasA plate may be placed on top ot a stack ot razor bladesr` the pins paseingr through the pertorations in the preseI plate.

Flach presel plate T is preferably provided with a handle or knob S) attached to the prees plate and having' an aperture l0 therethrough t'or'the passage ot the iiiiddlegpin 3. Thie aperturelt') ehonld be of somewhat larfferdiameterthan the pin 23 so as to allow a paee on each side ot the. pin to receive a spring. lnclosed in "the aperture- 10 are 'binding' bringe l1 which bear against the lio4 t'erial to which one they are secured so'long as they are made vfast to prevent displacement." The springs are bowed so as t frictionally engagel the flat "faces of the pin 3, thel upper end of the spring beingfreeso as to yield when the ,press plate is pushed down over the pin. The tension of the spring is sufficient to preventthe plate from accidentally or too freely sliding on the pin. The press plate vvhen shoveddoxvn onto a stack ,of blades will hold them firmly in position but it. may be readily withdrawn by the handso as to remove one of the blades'. a i

In order that-the lowermost blade may be grasped by the fingers after the other blades have been removed itis preferable to provide' a slightly raised platform 12 fsmaller *y simply a Washer which is removable or .it

y construction it is obvious that the invention -size than the blade on which the bottom blade rests so that there will be'a slight space under the blade to'enable the fingers to graspy a blade. This platform may be may be fast to thebase as preferretL A cover 13 is preferably7 provided with a hinge llll-'at one edge so that the lcover may be svung back to gain` access to the stack but Vwhich isordinarily kept closed so as to pro.- tect the'blades from dust. ln order to still 'frther'protect 'thevblades from dust which mighticomein between the base and thejbottom of the cover a iduStAstrip 15 is provided which rises from the basejust' inside of the cover. y This dust strip may be of any suitablematerial and is formed With a depression 116 ini'ts upper edge opposite each end of the razor blade so that Whei'rthe cover is turned' backthe dust strip will not interfere with the'lingersA gaining access to the low'ermostv razor blade..l l

.In order to retain the cover closed-a catch is preferably provided'on the inside in such manner as tohold the cover Without making any hole through the coverA because with such hole dust would enter the case. The form' of 'fastening shown is. a' spring-catch 17 rising 'from the base l having anose 20 .f'hich. is"v adapted to engage with an indentation 18 lin the front end of the cover 13 -to hold the cover in closed position,l the nose v90 being cam faced so that when it is de-A fsired to open the cover the spring-Will yield to *frelease'the catch if-pressureisexerted to turn up the cover by one hand While ,the base: is'rmly held by the other hand.' A

projection 1S) on tliebase is provided as a" llandv grasp -to hold down -the baseQWh-ile the cover is being turned back on its hinge.

`lhile I have shown the invention as embodied' in "a holder -having two stacks' of blades because I deem that the preferred as ito afford room for more than two stacks.`

I t is also obvious. that Vthe number of pinsv in each row may be more or less than three according to theperforations 1n the razor `and* furthermore it is not absolutely neces# sary to have .astaclI-pin for eachjperforation although that is preferred.

What I claimI is:h

1. A device -for holding safety razor.'

blades having a base provided With at' least three pins rising therefrom adapted to looselyengageperforations ina stack of I Irazor blades, a presser plate formed with perforations which are also engaged loosely by said pins, a handle which is rigidly connected With. said presser pla-te and 'rises therefrom above an intermediate one. of said perforations, said handle having an aperture which is of larger diameter than the perforation in the plate and extends vertif cally through said handle, and a spring friction device mounted Within the said aperture in the `handle and engaging the pin y which passes through `the handle.

2.V A device for 'holding safety. razor blades having a base provided with a plu ralityof'pins'rising therefrom adapted to loosely engage perforations iii a stack of. blades, one of said'pins being formed with two flattened faces,a presser plate formed lwith perforations which are engaged loosely by said pins, a handle which 1s rigidly connected with said presser plate and rises very tically therefrom above that perforation in the presser plate which is engaged by the Hat faced pin'and has an aperture extend- .ing vertically therethrough to receivethe said flat faced pin, and frictionsprings in said aperturein the handle Wh1ch engage "thesaid fiat faces ofthe flat faced pin.

\ A device, for holding safety razor blades having a base provided Wit-h a series of pins' rising'therefrom adapted to engage 'perforations in a 'pluralityl of razor bla de`s, "a presser plate formed 'With perforations also adapted to be engaged by said pins and to rest'upon the top of the razor blades engaged by jsaid pin s,:a platform "surrounding some of the pins at the base thereof and of less diameter than the bladesand forming' a seat vfor the bottom blade slightly elevated above the base of the holder."A

In testimony WhereofI affix my signa-y ture, in presence of two Witnesses. i

LEON W. STETSON. Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. COPELAND,

'l ALICE H. MORRISON. 

